The First Great Train Robbery

1978

1h 50m

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6.7/10

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In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

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Michael Crichton

Writers

Michael Crichton(screenplay by)

Michael Crichton(novel by)

Stars

Sean Connery

Donald Sutherland

Lesley-Anne Down

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Edward Pierce

Robert Agar

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Emma Barnes

Edgar Trent

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Elizabeth Trent

Emily Trent

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Harranby

McPherson

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Maggie

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Michael Crichton

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Michael Crichton(screenplay by)

Michael Crichton(novel by)

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_**Robbing a train of a shipment of gold in Victorian England**_ Written/directed by Michael Crichton and released in 1978/79, “The Great Train Robbery” was loosely based on the real-life Great Gold Robbery of 1855 that took place in England. Sean Connery plays the mastermind, Lesley-Anne Down his girlfriend and Donald Sutherland a safecracker with whom they team-up. I generally don’t like caper films because the protagonists are criminals, but Crichton wisely makes the characters played by Connery and Sutherland likable rapscallions; meanwhile Down is babelicious, in particular in her jaw-dropping first scene. Crichton intentionally made the movie more farcical compared to his novel and I appreciated the wit and low-key humor. I didn’t expect to like this movie, but it won me over. The film runs 1 hour, 51 minutes, and was shot primarily in Ireland (Dublin, Bray, Cork & Moate), but also Pinewood Studios, England. GRADE: B-/B

Wuchak18 Jun, 2020